This book sounds like it may end up on my summer reading least, or at least as reference material on my bookshelf. (There are times when I prefer physical books to digital ones.) Thanks!
Pine On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Bill Traynor <[email protected]> wrote: > Having purchased and read the first edition, I highly recommend this > book. It's nice to see it updated and now free. Thanks Yaron! I'll > definitely be purchasing, as I know how difficult writing is. > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm happy to announce that the 2nd edition of my MediaWiki reference > book, > > "Working with MediaWiki", has been released. This is the only MediaWiki > > reference book published since 2010, as far as I know, so it's the de > facto > > authoritative reference for MediaWiki - other than the contents of > > mediawiki.org. > > > > "Working with MediaWiki" was first released in 2012, and an updated > version > > was released in 2014, but this is the official 2nd edition. > > > > Changes in this 2nd edition include: > > - A new foreword by Daniel Robbins, founder of Gentoo Linux and Funtoo > Linux > > - Much of the content on Semantic MediaWiki was replaced by content on > the > > Cargo extension, which I think is now the better solution for data > storage > > - Lots of other updated content to handle the various changes to the > > software in the last three years. > > > > The biggest change, though, is that the book is now available for free > > online. Given MediaWiki's presence in both the open source and "open > > knowledge" worlds, I'm excited to have this book be similarly freely > > available. > > > > It's also still available (at cost), though, in printed and e-book forms. > > If this were six months from now, I would say that the book makes a great > > holiday gift, but instead I'll say that it makes for great beach reading. > > > > You can read more about "Working with MediaWiki" here: > > > > http://workingwithmediawiki.com > > > > And the entire book can now be viewed here: > > > > http://workingwithmediawiki.com/book > > > > -Yaron > > > > -- > > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
